Re: [AFMUG] Billing

2025-04-17 Thread David Hannum
. > > > > Our current system does none of that, so I have nothing to recommend. As > others have said, it is not realistic to love your billing system. Maybe > one could aspire to hate it less? > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *David Hannum > *Sent:* Thursday, A

Re: [AFMUG] Billing

2025-04-17 Thread David Hannum
We've been with Powercode since I believe 2009. We've frequently looked at other options and have always felt that Powercode was the best bang for the buck for our company. Nothing ever wowed me enough to want to jump ship. None of them are perfect. We've always gotten good support from Powercod

Re: [AFMUG] Billing

2025-04-16 Thread David Hannum
What about Powercode? Anything wrong with it? On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM Chuck McCown wrote: > We are probably also dropping Playt but I have heard some ungood things > about Sonar… > > > > Like they have stopped developing and support is not as good as it used to > be. > > Don’t reme

Re: [AFMUG] Is PMP 450 High Gain SM still useful?

2025-02-04 Thread David Hannum
I'm interested. We still have several 450m out in the wild. Dave On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM Jan-GAMs wrote: > How many "other" parts would be required to deploy these? > > On 2/3/25 13:11, Seth Mattinen via AF wrote: > > Is the C036045C014A (3.5-3.8GHz PMP 450 High Gain SM) still worth > >

Re: [AFMUG] Big Broadband jacking up rates now?

2025-01-30 Thread David Hannum
That's like Charter becomes Spectrum. Regional carrier Suddenlink became Optimum. I'm convinced that they change the name, hoping people will forget about how bad the previous name's reputation was, and then when the new name gets as bad, they'll change it again. On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM

Re: [AFMUG] company cell phones

2024-12-30 Thread David Hannum
> > If they dont want to be tracked, fuckem and fire them if they > wont accept the fact that they dont matter enough to track in their > personal time. > > > > Matter of fact, just hit them with a pipe, save a whole lot of headache > and cell expense. > > > > &

Re: [AFMUG] company cell phones

2024-12-30 Thread David Hannum
We supplement $10/mo. to each employee who uses their phone for company work (field techs, etc). As a result, if they ever run out of minutes, it bites them at review time. We've had very little issue. Dave On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 8:33 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > It's not their entire device, b

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread David Hannum
$1000 in lost revenue because you wasted time picking > up a $25 radio instead of hooking up a new customer > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 10:01 AM David Hannum > wrote: > >> Like Adam, we keep tabs of where the gear is and when we are in the area, >> we swing by and

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread David Hannum
t revenue because you wasted time picking > up a $25 radio instead of hooking up a new customer > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 10:01 AM David Hannum > wrote: > >> Like Adam, we keep tabs of where the gear is and when we are in the area, >> we swing by and pick it up. But n

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread David Hannum
Like Adam, we keep tabs of where the gear is and when we are in the area, we swing by and pick it up. But not sure why you'd not want to rescue good radios. Folks like Wireless Units and Surplus Wireless will purchase it off you, so don't just arbitrarily abandon it. $25 (or whatever they give y

Re: [AFMUG] IP TV

2024-09-25 Thread David Hannum
o me this just looks like an aggregation > of a bunch of Free iptv streams like what you get with Samsung TV Plus. > Then they add an HDHomerun in on top of it. More than likely its a stripped > down version of Kodi they have branded. > On 9/25/24 5:04 AM, David Hannum wrote: > > We&

Re: [AFMUG] IP TV

2024-09-25 Thread David Hannum
We're wrapping our branding around FreeCast. Set top box, OTA channels and it incorporates their streaming services through the set top. We install and provide coaching and support for the monthly fee. We just started this a month ago and it is starting to take off. www.freecast.com www.newerab

Re: [AFMUG] OT Hershey’s syrup

2024-07-01 Thread David Hannum
When I was a kid, on Sundays, we met at my grandmothers for a big family dinner. After dinner they just covered everything up on the table with cheesecloth and left it for everyone to snack on. No AC in those days. Summer Sundays in Parkersburg, WV it was HOT and MUGGY in her kitchen. We'd be the

Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-03 Thread David Hannum
Yeah Ken - same here. WATFIV (WATerloo Fortran IV) - punch cards - stacks and stacks . . . Ohio University - turnaround time was overnight . . . . Dave On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 1:29 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Haha, I see in my bookshelf a Fortran 90 book and a CD for DIGITAL Visual > Fortran. I t

[AFMUG] Killer 900 MHz?

2024-04-20 Thread David Hannum
I know that needles really absorb 900mhz, but could this happen? I can't see it at legal ERIP levels? What do you engineers say? Dave -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i GPS/Sync issue

2024-01-01 Thread David Hannum
We had issues with 450m as well. Dave On Mon, Jan 1, 2024, 1:08 AM Christopher Tyler wrote: > Well that was fun. 8 hours of power cycling AP's. Just rebooting the AP's > didn't fix it. Thankfully not every 450 radio seems to have freaked out. > Weird that it really only affected some of our 900

Re: [AFMUG] wispa

2023-07-19 Thread David Hannum
I can't imagine WISPA sanctioning someone selling this list, even if it were legit, when WISPA usually publishes it for free in the conference app. On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 12:43 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > This is a scam. Just because they say they have something doesn't mean > it's true. > > On T

Re: [AFMUG] wispa list

2022-08-25 Thread David Hannum
Sure glad he has incite! I think he's trying to incite concern for WISPA maybe Dave On Wed, Aug 24, 2022, 4:00 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > This is not the case for WISPA events. > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 3:03 PM Trey Scarborough wrote: > >> As having some incite in on the trade-show world

Re: [AFMUG] BDC

2022-08-22 Thread David Hannum
1.1 cm. . . Sorry. 11cm Holy cow On Mon, Aug 22, 2022, 5:56 PM David Hannum wrote: > Cameron, > > Sorry to delay getting back today. Been at hospital all day with my > wife. Monster 11cm kidney stone. Going into surgery now! > > Dave > > On Mon, Aug 22, 20

Re: [AFMUG] BDC

2022-08-22 Thread David Hannum
Cameron, Sorry to delay getting back today. Been at hospital all day with my wife. Monster 11cm kidney stone. Going into surgery now! Dave On Mon, Aug 22, 2022, 1:57 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Brian Webster and crew are doing ours. Super good value! > > *From:* David Hannu

Re: [AFMUG] BDC

2022-08-21 Thread David Hannum
Thanks! On Sun, Aug 21, 2022, 8:12 PM Cameron Crum wrote: > We will depending on what you have and how you got it. Call us tomorrow. > regulatorysolutions.us > > Cameron > > On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 7:04 PM David Hannum wrote: > >> Did I read someone here stated s

[AFMUG] BDC

2022-08-21 Thread David Hannum
Did I read someone here stated some of you would review BDC filings and sign off on them? Are the details of this posted somewhere? Thanks! Dave Hannum New Era Broadband -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Radio Mobile

2021-09-08 Thread David Hannum
Cambium 820c. We have 2 x 11GHz links that are solid at 7 & 9 mi respectively doing 740 x 740. I think they will do more when we need them to. Dave On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 7:59 PM TJ Trout wrote: > Mimosa b11 is the only one that isn't high / low for sparing but it's wifi > based and junk imo. I

Re: [AFMUG] WISPAMERICA COVID

2021-05-05 Thread David Hannum
That's true! On Wed, May 5, 2021, 8:02 PM Colin Stanners wrote: > I heard that vaccinated people get an average 5dB more signal on every > install. > > On Wed, May 5, 2021, 6:58 PM Matt Hoppes < > mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > >> Right - and I know of at least one who was fully va

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread David Hannum
I was a real opponent of using FB. But, the truth is, it's where our customers live. We are getting more and more messages from customers and potential customers coming in over FB. Now, our FB posting are where customers look to first. We send email and we have opt in SMS messages that go out a

Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already

2021-03-03 Thread David Hannum
We (WISPS) can beat their speeds and prices in areas we are in, and you KNOW we offer WAY better service. On Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 3:40 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > I think that they are going to find more than enough customers in hard to > serve locations that they will not encroach on the bette

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 3 GHz 450b backorders

2020-12-09 Thread David Hannum
We've had 2 orders of 24 SM's each of Cambium PMP 450b and our supplier is telling us late December . . . Dave On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 12:58 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > I wasn’t exactly ordering on demand, but we ran through what we had on the > shelf after we ordered more. > > > > I was just trying

Re: [AFMUG] Favorite AP for tower locating for techs

2020-12-02 Thread David Hannum
Towercoverage.com is very good. We also have our KMZ's on Google Earth. But you know, there isn't much better than your guys just knowing where the towers are and where the customer is in relation to them. Dave On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 1:02 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Just checked it. Yep,

Re: [AFMUG] Managed Router Pricing

2020-12-01 Thread David Hannum
We've been leasing MikroTik RB951's at $5.99/mo as a "Managed Router" for several years now and the customer suck them up. We currently have 51% of our subscribers lease them. We keep the firmware updated. We also lease Whole Home Wi-Fi systems. Have several of those out there. Never had a compl

Re: [AFMUG] Need help finding providers in Ohio.

2020-05-19 Thread David Hannum
New Era Broadband We are in SE Ohio in Meigs County. www.newerabroadband.com Contact us at 740-992-0620 Dave Hannum On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 12:03 AM Sean Heskett wrote: > Hi Tim, > > I was in no way implying there were only 20 WISPs in Ohio, I merely stated > that the WISPA members list had 20

Re: [AFMUG] [WISPA Members] COVID-19 and WISPAmerica

2020-03-11 Thread David Hannum
What should be canceled is the hysteria going on around this. That's all I've got to say about that . . . On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 1:59 PM Sean Heskett wrote: > > I’m sorry folks but this conference really should be canceled for the safety > of everyone. > > Thank you to Sonar For their brave dec

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux sitemonitor mixed power

2019-07-15 Thread David Hannum
OH - I missed the -48v part . . . Time for new glasses . . . Nope - you can't do that . . . On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 2:18 PM TJ Trout wrote: > The base has a common ground, so no you cannot do that as proposed. > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:50 AM Adam Moffett wrote: > >> Volt meter inputs

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux sitemonitor mixed power

2019-07-15 Thread David Hannum
You only need 24v going to site monitor. It just is the controller for the Sync Injector or the Power Injector You can have mixed voltages going to the Power/Sync injector - you just need to pin it out so that the port knows which power input to pass through from. Dave On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at

Re: [AFMUG] Mandatory OT

2019-06-07 Thread David Hannum
Signed, "Epstien's Mom" . . . LOL Dave On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 12:08 PM wrote: > I can. But if they go to a doctor they will always get a note. Nothing > more than creating hassle and expense for them. > > *From:* Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Friday, June 7, 2019 10:00 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microw

Re: [AFMUG] 900mhz stingers still available?

2019-04-29 Thread David Hannum
We used to use the little short 11dBi yagi's instead of the stingers. Small profile - much better penetration . . . . Dave H. On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 3:50 PM Adam Moffett wrote: > What about the second hand market? Somebody like SWG might have them. > swginc.com > Relay Networks is another one

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Tax cut my ass...

2019-03-29 Thread David Hannum
I Lent my money to the tax man. I gave up all my money to the IRS for Lent this year! I . . . I'll stop there . . . . Dave On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 3:03 PM James Howard wrote: > It’s actually Lent during Lent this time. > > > > *From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *ch...@w

Re: [AFMUG] Business Documentation/Notes storage

2019-01-12 Thread David Hannum
Google Drive . . . Dave Hannum New Era Broadband On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 10:48 PM Chuck McCown wrote: > > Google drive > Lots of folders. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 12, 2019, at 8:28 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: > > There is this thing called a binder... > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 8:53 PM Fo

Re: [AFMUG] OT: XM Radio

2018-12-31 Thread David Hannum
yne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 9:57 AM Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >>> A decent set of headphones should sound better than 99% of speakers. >>> Welcome to the 1%. >>> >>> >>> >>> *

Re: [AFMUG] OT: XM Radio

2018-12-31 Thread David Hannum
I'm the 99% too . . . - I love music, but I don't have time, or desire any more, to be an "audiophile" - I can't take listening to music on phone speaker or laptop speakers, but I can take headphones on either and I'm good with XM in the car. Works for me! Dave On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 9:11 AM J

Re: [AFMUG] OT: XM Radio

2018-12-27 Thread David Hannum
Well, I'm down here in the hills and trees of SE Ohio and the AM/FM options are limited. Compared to the drop outs, static and limited selection we have here, XM is OK by me! Dave On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 11:12 AM Darin Steffl wrote: > > For those who say the sound of XM sounds good, you might n

Re: [AFMUG] OT: XM Radio

2018-12-27 Thread David Hannum
Your experiences with XM are interesting. While I don't have it in any of my company vehicles, I have it in both of my personal vehicles, and I love it. I don't experience any of the drop offs or compression sounding. Not sure why. But for $9.95/mo for basic, we really like it - especially for

Re: [AFMUG] Paying employees per install/service call

2018-09-18 Thread David Hannum
p 18, 2018 at 9:09 AM David Hannum wrote: >> >> We pay employees hourly wages. We tag each install, and in an effort >> to encourage quality work, if the account has no call backs for >> quality of work (poor aim, bad cable ends, customer unhappy about >> install, etc

Re: [AFMUG] Paying employees per install/service call

2018-09-18 Thread David Hannum
We pay employees hourly wages. We tag each install, and in an effort to encourage quality work, if the account has no call backs for quality of work (poor aim, bad cable ends, customer unhappy about install, etc) we give a $25 bonus for that install. We also have customer fill our survey at time

Re: [AFMUG] acquiring tower from American Tower

2018-09-07 Thread David Hannum
Run Forrest - run ! On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 1:34 PM Brian Webster wrote: > > Might be worth getting the tower and parcel given to you, then make a decent > offer for an additional lease area around the tower to encompass the guy > anchors. The farmer may be ok with the location of the anchors

Re: [AFMUG] acquiring tower from American Tower

2018-09-07 Thread David Hannum
You might contact them, than rather than attempting to take ownership, get with the land owner. Sometimes, they will just turn the tower over to the land owner (save expense of decom). Then, maybe you can just work out a good lease with them. Then you don't have the liability for the tower - the

Re: [AFMUG] charge customer for extra buildings?

2018-09-04 Thread David Hannum
We usually utilize a wireless bridge to remote buildings. We charge them a monthly fee ($5.99) for the bridge service and $100 install. We've not had anyone turn that down yet. We've probably got 50 of those out in our network. Dave On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 1:48 PM Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > > Been

Re: [AFMUG] Customers wont stop texting personal cell

2018-08-29 Thread David Hannum
only . . . Dave On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 9:16 AM David Hannum wrote: > > At one time, half of Meigs County Ohio had my cell number - made the > mistake of putting it on my business cards. Everyone thought they had > a Bat phone - had to stop taking calls. I put a message on ther

Re: [AFMUG] Customers wont stop texting personal cell

2018-08-29 Thread David Hannum
At one time, half of Meigs County Ohio had my cell number - made the mistake of putting it on my business cards. Everyone thought they had a Bat phone - had to stop taking calls. I put a message on there that directed folks to our office number if they had issues. If they had a personal message,